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Damaged Dubai City wedding hall is seen after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug.18, 2019. A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Major players shaping troubled Afghanistan’s future

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Afghan police men stand guard outside the wedding hall after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug.18, 2019. An explosion ripped through the wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. Hundreds of people were believed to be inside. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Pakistan I volunteers run an injured person to a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Pakistani police say a powerful bomb went off inside a mosque during Friday prayers on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta, killing many people and left scores of worshippers injured. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Police: Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 4 people

By ABDUL SATTAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump to be briefed on Afghan peace talks amid fears of hasty pullout

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

US ambassador openly questions Afghan government on graft

By CARA ANNA and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In Afghanistan, no deal is better than a bad deal

In Afghanistan, no deal is better than a bad deal

By Clifford D. May

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, center, greets as he arrives to offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Ghani is urging the nation to determine its fate without foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to near a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table.(AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

No deal announced as US, Taliban wrap up latest talks

By KATHY GANNON and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, center, speaks after offering Eid al-Adha prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Ghani is urging the nation to determine its fate without foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to near a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table.(AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan president, vows foreign nations will not ‘intervene’ in elections

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Afghan men rides cycle past an election hoarding of a presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul,Afghanistan Friday, Aug. 9, 2019.Afghanistan faces a presidential election next month but few believe the vote will take place as the United States and the Taliban inch closer to a deal that could end the nearly 18-year war but bring uncertainty about almost everything else. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

Afghanistan election in doubt as US, Taliban near deal

By CARA ANNA and TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghans stand near a damaged shop after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighborhood in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded dozens of people, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Afghan ambassador: Taliban attacks undermine peace talks

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Afghan security forces stand guard near the site of a deadly explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.A magnetic bomb was placed on a van carrying employees of the Interior Ministry's counter-narcotics division. The blast killed five people and wounded another seven, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Taliban suicide blast in Kabul kills 14 people; 145 wounded

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, left, receives U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Khalilzad had hinted that a peace agreement could be reached in the next round of talks with the Taliban, potentially delivering an end to the nearly 18-year war, America's longest.(Pakistan Foreign Office via AP)

Taliban say differences resolved on US troop withdrawal

By CARA ANNA and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2019 file photo, Afghan security personnel secure the site of a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. July saw the highest number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in a single month since 2017, the U.N. mission said Saturday, Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan official: Policeman opens fire on colleagues, kills 7

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. America began bombing Afghanistan after 9/11 to root out al-Qaida fighters, who were being harbored by the Taliban. Nearly 19 years later, Khalilzad says he’s satisfied with the militant group’s pledge to keep terror groups from using Afghanistan as a launch pad for attacks against the West. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Afghan official: Taliban strike police checkpoint, kill 10

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

US envoy in Pakistan ahead of key Taliban talks

By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghans assist a wounded man in a hospital after a roadside bomb on the main highway between the western city of Herat and the southern city of Kandahar, in Herat, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. A roadside bomb tore through a bus in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people, including children, a provincial official said. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Bus strikes roadside bomb in Afghanistan; 32 killed

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel secure the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Afghan officials say the political offices of the president's running mate were hit by a large explosion and stormed by an unknown number of attackers. Nasrat Rahimi, the interior ministry spokesman, said vice-presidential candidate and former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh survived the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN says Afghan forces, allies killed most civilians in 2019

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel stand guard at the site of a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Afghan officials say the political offices of the president's running mate were hit by a large explosion and stormed by an unknown number of attackers. Nasrat Rahimi, the interior ministry spokesman, said vice-presidential candidate and former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh survived the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Death toll in attack at Afghan political office rises to 20

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani speaks during the first day of campaigning in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Sunday marked the first day of campaigning for presidential elections scheduled for Sept. 28. President Ghani is seeking a second term on promises of ending the 18-year war but has been largely sidelined over the past year as the U.S. has negotiated directly with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. America began bombing Afghanistan after 9/11 to root out al-Qaida fighters, who were being harbored by the Taliban. Nearly 19 years later, Khalilzad says he’s satisfied with the militant group’s pledge to keep terror groups from using Afghanistan as a launch pad for attacks against the West. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Taliban vows future Afghanistan won’t be terrorists’ hotbed

By DEB RIECHMANN and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press